Walk & Ride

If you normally use a car, walk & ride could transform your walking. You’ll see so much more by replacing one leg of the walk with a short bus (or train) ride.

> Some Walk & Ride Ideas can be found further down this page.

If you’re tired of having to walk round in circles to end up back at a car or if you would like to see twice as much of our stunning National Park without having to take twice as long to do so, try a walk in conjunction with a bus or train journey.

Try, for instance, leaving your car at Guisborough or Pickering, taking our M3 bus to The Lion Inn at Blakey then walking down to Rosedale via the lovely Dale Head Farm Tea Garden. Carry on down the valley to Rosedale Abbey where you’ll find much information about “Land of Iron”, and you’ll discover why this became the Klondike of the Moors before reverting to the sleepy village that you’ll find today. You’ll also find a rich seam of excellent pubs and cafes here, as well as your bus home.
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Look out for the Land of Iron logo.

You will find that by dumping the car and trying walk and ride, you’ll rediscover your lost walking freedom.

A few hints about walk and ride...

There is some very good advice on the NYMNPA website, here, about getting the most out of walking on and around the Moors.

In addition to the sensible clothing and footwear, drink and perhaps food that you would normally take along if you’re planning a bus walk, we’d suggest that you also take;

• An Ordnance Survey map, either 1:25,000 or 1:50,000.
• An accurate watch.
• The right, up to date, timetables.
• And some change for bus/train fares!

Don’t forget to get a weather forecast before you set off!

If you aren’t a serious walker, may we suggest that you start with some short walks so that you can find out your own capabilities? If you are new to bus and train use it’s a good plan to leave yourself more time than you think you will need and for those first few confidence – building walks perhaps aim to get to the start of your walk by public transport and then walk back to your parked car.

You’ll soon find how reliable public transport generally is and you can soon begin to take full advantage of it to manage some superb walks in parts of this beautiful National Park that you would never be able to access by just using a car.

If you find a great new bus or train walk, please tell us all about it so that we can share it with others. Again, if you find changes to one of the walks on this site, please let us know what they are. Thanks!
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The walks are graded by difficulty as follows:
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Green - Simple

Blue - Reasonably easy but needing more navigational skills.

Orange - Harder. Previous experience of moorland walking and good map reading skills may be required.

Red - Challenging. Strenuous walk which may need advanced map reading skills.